Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24

women lnCdTcSrhted. The dishonesty IN
the ey-, the low passion IL tn lip, are
not moe conspicuous than the ignorance
in the forehead. The ignorant classes
are always the dangerous classes.
Demseogues marshal them. They are
helmless, and are driven before the gale.
1t is high time that all city and state
authority, as we'll as the Federal govern
ment, appreciate the awful statistics that
while years ago in this country there was
set apart $4,000, 900 acres of land
FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES,
there are now in New England I9I 900
people who can neither read nor write,
and in the state of Pennsylvania 222, 900
who can neither read nor write, and in
the state Of New York 241, 900 who can
neither resd nor write, while in the
United States there sre nearly 100000
who csn neither read nor write: Stats
tics enough to sta9ger snd confound any
man who loves his God and his country
Now, in view of this fact, am in favor
of compulsory education. When parents
are so bestial as to neglect this duty
TO the child, l say the law, with 8 strong
hand, at the same time with 8 gentle
hand, ought to lead these little ones into
the light of intelligence and good morals.
1t was beautiful tsbleau when in our
city a swarthY policeman, having picked
up lost child in the street, was found
appeasing its cries with q stick of candy
he had bought at the apple
stand. That was well done and
beautifully done But, on these
thousands of little ones through our
streets, who are crying for the bread OF
knowledge aud Intelligence. Shall we
not give it to them? The officers of the
law ought to go down into the cellars, and
up into the garrets, and bring out these
benighted little ones and put them under
educational Influences; after they have
passed through the bath and under the
comb, putting before them the spelling
book and teaching them 20 read the
Lords prayer and the sermon on the
mount: "Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven"
Our city ought to be father and mother
both to these outcast little ones. AS q
recipe for the cure Of much of The woe,
and want, and crime of our city, l give
the words which ThorWsldsen had CHS
eled on the open scroll in the hand of the
statue Of John Gutenberg, the inventor Of
the art of printing:
"LET THERE BE LIGHT!U
Still further: ReiUrmatOry societies
are al important element in the rectifcs-
lion OF the public fountains. Without
calling anv Of them 5y name, refer more
especially to those which recognize the
physical as well as the moral woes Of the
world. There was pathos and g gress
dea. of common sense in what the poor
woman said to DR.. Guthrie when ne was
telling ner what very good woman she
ought TO DC. Goa. ''she said, ''u you we're
as hungry and cold IS | am, you could
think Of nothing else" l believe the
grea. want of our city IS the gospel and
something to eat! Faith and repentance
are Of infinite importance; but they csu-
not satisfy an empty stomach. You have
81 20 forth IN this work with the bread OF
eternal life in your right hand, and the
bread of this life IN your left hand, AM
then you can touch them, initiating the
Lord Jesus Christ, who first broke
the bread and fed the multi
tude in the wilderness, aDd
then began to preach, recognizing the
fact that while people are hungry they
will not listen, and they will not repent.
We want more common sense in the dis
tribution of our charities, fewer magnifi-
cent theories and more hard work.
Still further, the great remedial infu-
ence Is the gospel of Christ Take that
down through the lanes of suffering.
Take that down amid the novels of sin.
Take that up amid the mansions and pal
aces of your city. That is the salt that
can cure all the poisoned fountains of
public iniquity. Do you know that in
49, al, Of
Jersey City and Brooklyn-there are q
great multitude of homeless children?
You see l speak more in regard to the
youth and the children of the country,
because old villsins are seldom reformed,
and therefore l talk more
ABOUT THE LITTLE ONES.
They sleep under the stoops, in the
burned out safe, IN the wagons in the
streets, on the barges, wherever they can
get board to cover them. And in the
summer they sleep all night long in the
parks Their restitution Is well set forth
by an incident. A city missionary asked
one of them: "Where is your home ?'
Said he: ~ don't have no home, sir"
"Well, where are your father and
mother?n "They are dead, sir" "Did
you ever hear Of Jesus Christi" "No,
| don't think | ever heard OF Him"
"Did you ever hear of God?" eyes, I've
heard of God. Some of the poor people
think it kind Of lucky at night to say
over about that before they
60 TO sleep. Yes, sir, I've heard OF Him"
Think of conversation like that IN g
Christian city.
How many are Visiting fer YOU to come
Ia iri4 ct N I nd %
and rescue them from the wretChedness
here! On that the Church OF God had
arms long enough and hearts warm
enough to take them up! How many of
them there are, As l was thinking
of the subject this morning, it
seemed to me as though there was q great
briDk, and that these little ones with cut
and torn feet ware coming on toward it.
And here is d group of orphans. o
fathers and mothers, what do you think
of these fatherless and motherless little
ones. No hand at home to take care of
their apparel, no heart to pity them. Said
one little one, when the mother died;
"Who will take care of nv clothes nOW?"
TIE little ones are thrown out in this
great, cold world. They are shivering
on the hrinb like lambs on the verge Of
precipice. D0es not your blood run cold
rs they 20 over il?
And here il another group that come on
toward the precipice. They are the
CHILDREN OF BEsoTTRD PARENTS.
They are worse off than orphans. Lock
II that pale cheek; woe oleached IT,
Look st inst gash across the forehead;
the father struck it. Eear that heart
piercing cry; drunken mothers BIAS
Dhemy compelled il. And we come out
and we SLY: 60 ye suffering, peeled and
olistered ones, We come % help you"
:'Too lsteI" cry thousands Of voices
..Tha nsth we travel Is stapn down anG